On Monday, March 16, 2020, California Governor Gavin Newsom issued an Executive Order which allows local governments to impose limitations on commercial and residential evictions through at least May 31, 2020. The Executive Order specifies that eviction limitations can be imposed where the basis for the eviction is the nonpayment of rent arising out of a substantial decrease in household or business income, including income loss caused by a reduction in operating hours or consumer demand or where the loss of business income was caused by the Covid-19 pandemic or any government response to it.
Importantly, the Governor’s Executive Order specifies that “[n]othing in this Order shall relieve a tenant of the obligation to pay rent, nor restrict a landlord’s ability to recover rent due.”
At this point, we are aware that some cities and counties in Northern California are working on implementing eviction limitations. The Sacramento Bee and Capital Public Radio have both reported that the City of Sacramento is c
